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Sick Sad Motherslug

Ana Gavrilovska

Sick Sad Motherslug is mostly about music I like, sometimes about books and movies I like, and occasionally about other things I like.

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Latest Issues

034: Reading Pynchon in a broken world.

My sweet mother Katica died unexpectedly on February 8, 2026. I’m not ready to write about her at length. An unfillable void pulses through me. I’ve tried to write this next sentence several times just now and it’s not working, so I won’t f...

2 months ago
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033: My favorite jazz albums of 2025!

I can hardly believe this is my fourth year presenting my expanded contribution to the 20th Annual Francis Davis1 Jazz Critics Poll, but here we are! It’s been a long, weird, and frankly terrible year for many reasons but great art persists...

5 months ago
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032: Eight albums of nice but esoteric music.

New thing: each issue will start with a recommendation for new music out that week. First up, the heartshakingly spiritual, political, gorgeous avant-jazz of Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople.


Subscribers wil...

9 months ago
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031: Seven ‘50s jazz albums.

Please forgive me for my minor disappearance! I made too many commitments last month, but I’m taking it a little easier in April. One of those commitments involved spending a lot of time with ‘50s jazz, so I’m sharing some of my findings by...

a year ago
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030: Valentina Goncharova, Campanelli

Just a quick thanks to everyone who has maintained or upgraded to a paid subscription. My posts will remain free to all but your support is unbelievably appreciated.

Today’s recommendation caught my attention the second I heard a clanging...

a year ago
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